Article handling device



2 Sheets-Shea*v A. S. ROSS ARTICLE HADEING DEVICE Filed March 24, 1930 L\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\ Fs f July 5, 1932.

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July 1932. Al s; R055 1,866,321

' ARTUL HANDMNG DEVICE Filed March 24, 1930 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 5, 1932 orifice ALBERT s. Ross, or DALLAS-,- TEXAS, AssGNoR Tono. R. sEAGRAvEs, or Hoi'rs'roN, TEXAS ARTICLE' HAD'IL'NG 'enven 5 atorfadapted te'beop'eratively 'connected tegether by a coin deposited inthe machine.

Dispensing machines of the-money changer type are designed to` eject apredetermined number of'changecoins after the deposit in the machine of the coin to beichanged'l The number of changecoins dispense'c'ldeL pends uponthe thicknessthereof. Change coins of thesame denomination vary in thick# ness, and-the machines noivfin'r use'are der ective that they' dispense teo many relatively thin coins. This invention hasf'f one of its principal"obj'eets the provisinof new andimp'roved ineanswhefrebv only'a predetermined-number of] change cho-ins will be dispensedeven though some'or all are rela# Other objects Will"hereinater'appear.N` A The preferred embodiieritoff 'the` i'nv'eii tion in the forni Vof'i a Vvmoney'-``haiigerS is illustrated by the-accompanying?i'ifragmetary drawings9 ofzvvhichFi'g. 1 is'averticalse'l tion'al View from` onesi'de of the machine; FigQQ, a vertical sectienalfview fromv one end of the machine; Fig.A 3, afdetailhdri'zbntal view taken from the line "3-#3 of Fig. ;Y Fig. 4;, a verticalsectionalvievv from that' side of the machine oppos'ite'tev thefside indicate'dfbjf Fig. l; Figsl' and 6, detail ivertical and'huo'ri` Zontal views;Yrespectively,` illuistrating` the connection between thel actuater and-* the ejector; Fig. 7, la detailvfvertical View in seci tion of the preferred :embodiment of theejecting means; Fig,- 85a horizontalfvievvoithe line 8-8 of Figf?, adFig'f"9;anenlarged vertical detail -of ysaid"ejieelsing means The operative parts tot" the -maeli ine zare shown mounted Within a snitdolejeelsing l'pi'- vided With acoiii deposit"-`sl`ot (hotfslidvvhy, a change' chute 2 t6 'direet"el'ai' igeto anfac'cessibletray, not shewvn, anda coirffre'ceptacle; 3 (Fig, l) .l Y The partitiorfj'plates 5"'(Ffg, 2) extend "parallel Witli one sideV Wall 4of the casing y and adj acei'ittlieretoi.` The {floor} tends transversely ofithtcasil lserves to support the guidei g'forthe"`elifange ejector which ejector (Figs. v@and 4) is reeipr'o'i A tion of a 'pr'ed'etfermined" number Yof coins" at v thebott'om of the sftekof, coins. The actuatorv (Figsfl and 2) includes a lever 1o' pivotf'edfat 41 and'having air-afin 10d eXtendingfthrougli a' Vslot* la to theez terior of the casing'r The armlOa 'n rayfbe providedl with a knoblnotI shown): to be graspedbythe operatorl" ,Theother arm- 1106 orv the f actuator entends downwardly" and'is connected to' the 'reciprocable member- 11 4by the head and socket joint 10c?" Theflneriber 1l -carries a Ypair 'of coin-actuatinglugs- 11a which extend *outwardly through slotsf 45a in the partition platelyasshovvn particularly by lfigsl and 2.- l Y The' ejector carries atoom-actuated pina which' ts in slots "in the 'guide "9' and" which extends outwardly throughv a slot llbinitli' member 11y and aZ slot 4:5* inthe partition 'plate 4, `Se`e"Fig`s '.'-'1Y,2, ad, Deposited coins pass' l`dovvn'vvardly' in I" a suitable passageway-f not shown, between the plates "4 'and' 5, and are thereby directed 'into' the operative position C between the yactuatslfwn clearly: by Fifgszirad'a I It will "be: obvious th afifpvvheh`l the coin -l(pli'vsffs'c') positioned and the arrnilO@A of the actuating membeifis depressed-bythe operator; theislid' ing member" 11"l will be moved! 'to' the rfg'ht (]5`ig1s."1$5 and) ,l carryingwth it the* lugs 11a-which Will forcethe coiiifCtothe' right andcause thecoii'itoforce'the lug Za and the ejector to thefright: The predetermined number 'of cha-nge "coinswithin thefopfening W) (rig t) Win be earnedvefanenrbppsd through the chan'f'gey l opening' -4 `*1,2 inktd the change passageway@ throughfvvhich they Will pass to the tray; not show/nf Itf'will be underfstOd that if the a'-uatO iS'ni-'ve'd; Wlfe Vin() operative coifn vis "bett/veen the`-lugs 11a' and 77a, theej'ec'torfY 7 isn''t nrovejd'becaiise 'the lugs The lnfieans' to insre the 'ejection of onlytlie proper-K4 number" ofchange coins, 'eventhough such* eli-fange" ceinssie relatively? this; will novi be"l described;v1 The preferred yembodiinovlugs llar and the actuated vllugl'ci,'as

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ment of said means is illustrated by Figs. 7, 8 and 9, and is unlike that disclosed in the other figures.

In Figs. 7, 8 and 9, the coin magazine is indicated at 8 and is rigidly fixed to the base 111 which has a coin opening 14a. Pivotedin the base 14, as indicated at 16, is a coin detaining member 15. lThe forwardend of this member is forked as indicated at 15a and beveled as indicated at 15b and extends about the opening 14a. The ejector 7 is of a vertical thickness less than the distance between the upper surface of the floor 6 and the lower surface of the base 1e; so that the clearance between and the lower surface ofthe base 1%1 is substantiailyequal to one-half of the thickness cfa change coin of normal size. In the apparatus'shown, the distance between the up per surface of they floor and the lower surface of the base is equal to live times the thickness of achanO'e coin ofrnormal size; .andzthe vertical thickness of the ejector 7 is therefore substantially equal to four and onehalf times the thickness of a change coin of normal size. The lower edges of the ends ofthe arms ofthe forked member` 15 and the upper surface of theejector 7 are in the same horizontalY plane'. j y j ,Now if live chance coins of normal thick- Yness. enter the opening 75', the uppermost of said coins ,will be partly in said opening, and if the ejector is actuated to move said `five coins from under the stack, the uppermost Vof said five coins will be carried forward and will strike the beveled portion 155 ofthe coin detaining member 15am/l move the 'adjacent end ofsaid member upwardly 'out vof the way. rThe member 15, it will be understood, is rocked about itsfpivot 16. So the said five coinsare carried over the opening 12 anddropped therethrough into the change chute. l.

On the other hand, if fiveJ relatively thin change coins 60 (Fig. 9) enter the opening 7 br', the `vsixth coin 61 resting on topof the uppermost of said five coins will not be discharged with the five coins because the lower surfacey of the sixth coin Sl'will be below the lower surface of the base 14, but above the upper surface of the ejector 7 and 'the five relatively thin coins will be moved -by the ejector 7." from underneath the sixth coin and dropped into the passageway 12, the sixth vcoin being detained by the member 1 5. When the ejector returns to its Anormal position, the sixth coin will then drop into the opening 7 together with the predetermined number of additional coins.

. It will be apparent from 'the foregoing that the coin detaining member 15 does not interferewith theejection of live coins of kpredetermined thickness because it is movable out of the path of the uppermost of said coins when said uppermostV coinl is forced the upper surface of the ejector 7 forward by the ejector 7 and that it pre'- vents the ejection of six thin coins because he uppermost of said thin coins is not engaged by the ejector 7 but merely rests upon the coin below it, and the coin detaining member 15 is, therefore, not moved out of the path of the uppermost of said thin coins. The uppermost of said thin coins remains in place under the stack of coins above it while the iive thin coins below it are ejected. Y Referring now to the means to insure the release of the operating coin C after it has performedy its function, the apparatus includes (Figs. 2 and 4) a lever 17 pivoted as indicated 'at' 18 and having a forked lower end 17a for the reception of the head 7c carried by the ejector 7. Connected to the lever 17 at 19 and to the fixed bracket 2O at 21 is the spring 22. Referring particularly to Fig. t, when the ejector 7 is manually moved to the right by means of the operating lever 10, and the point 19 is moved slightly to the right of the plane passing through the points 18 and 21, the spring 22 then rotates the lever 17 in an anti-clockwise direction on its pivot 18 to cause said lever to move said ejector into its ejecting position. And so the actuating lugs 11a cause the coin C to move the .actuated lug 7 a until the lever 17 is rotated to that position from which it may be rotated in an anti-clockwise direction by the springV 22, whereupon the spring actuated lever carries the ejector forwardly away from the manually movable actuator. /The lug 7a is therefore moved away from the lugs 11a and the coin C therebetween is released. and permitted to drop through the slot 28 int-o the coin boX 3.

The spring 22 yieldably holds the ejector in its ejecting position until the operating handle isfreleased. The spring 50, which is connected to the casing at 51 and to the sliding member 11 at 52 (Fig. 1) thereupon moves they sliding member 11 back to its normal position (to the left in Figs. 1, 5 and 6). The ejector 7 does not accompany the member 11 onthe initial part of the return movement, and the consequent separation of the lugs 11a and 7 a insures release of the coin, so that said coin cannot be used again to obtain change. l/Vhen the end wall 11b (Figs. 5 and 6) of the slot in member 11Y engages the pin 7a, the resistance of the spring 22 is overcome and the ejector is moved in the same direction toward its normal position. When the ejector completes a predetermined part of its' return movement, the point 19 (Fig. Ll) is carried to the left of the pla-ne passing through the points 18 and 21, and the spring 22 then moves the ejector to its normal, inactive position. and yieldably holds it there so that the ejector cannot be moved into its ejecting position by tilting the machine.

rljhe preferred embodiment of the means to prevent premature retrograde movement; that is, return movement of the actuator to its normal position before it has completed its ejecting movement, is illustrated by Figs. l and 3. It includes a pawl 24 pivoted to the lever l0 as indicated at 25 and having a tooth 24?) to engage a rack 26. Mounted above and adjacent the pawl is a pivoted switch 27 held in the position shown by Fig. 1 by a stop pin 28. The pawl carries a pin 24a.

Now when the lever l0 is rotated in an anti-clockwise direction about its pivot 41 to cause ejection of the change,` the arm 10b is swung to the right. The tooth 24?) of the pawl jumps over the teeth of the rack 26. The pin 24a then strikes the switch 27 and moving it upwardly out of the way, moves to the right of it. The switch then resumes its normal position. When the lever l() then swings in a clockwise direction back to its normal position, the pin 24a rides upwardly on the switch 27 sothat the pawl in its return movement is elevated above and kept out of engagement with the teeth of the rack 26 until it drops fromv the pivot 29 of said switch. The path of the pin 24a is indicated by the arrows in Fig. l. It will `be obvious that the engagement of the tooth 24?) with the teeth of the rack 26 will prevent return of the lever l0 to its normal position until after the ejecting movement has been completed.

The machine will therefore dispense only the proper number of change coins even though some or all are relativelythin; an

operator cannot make it dispense change by tilting it; and no more than the predetermined change can be obtained from it by the use of a given operating coin.

The'invention is not limited tothe embodiments shown. Various changes may be made within the scope of the following claims.

I claim l. A dispensing machine having an ar-k ticle magazine, an article ejector, and an excess article detaining member` movably mounte-d adjacent said magazine and ejector.

2. A dispensing machine having an article magazine, an article ejector adapted to receive from said magazine and ejectapredetermined number of articles of predetermined dimensions, and an excess article detaining membei` movably mounted adjacent said magazine to prevent the ejection of a greater number of smaller articles.

3. A dispensing machine having an article magazine, an article ejector spaced from and slidable transversely with respect to said magazine, and an excess article detaining member movably mounted adjacent 4said magazine and normally extending into the space between said magazine and said ejector.

4. A dispensing machine having an article magazine, a floor beneath said magazine to support articles stacked in said magazine,

an ejector slidable on said iloor and spaced from said magazine, and an article detaining member movably mounted adjacent said magazine and normally extending into the space between said magazine and said ejector.

5. money changer havingI a change magazine, a change ejector spaced from and slidable transversely with respect to said magazine, and an excessV change coin detaining member movably mounted adjacent said magazine and having a forked end normally extending into the space between said magazine and said ejector.

6. A money changer having a change magazine, a Hoor beneath said magazine, a change ejector slidable on said floor and spaced from said magazine, and an excess change coin detaining member movably mounted adjacent said magazine and having a forked end normally extending into the space betweenV said magazine and said ejector.

7. A money changer having a change magazine, a change ejector slidable beneath said magazine and adapted to eject a predetermined number of change coins of normal thickness, and a detaining member movably mounted above said ejector and adjacent said magazine to prevent the ejection by said ejector of a greater number of relatively thin coins.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature. Y

ALBERT S. ROSS. 

